The Main Street Players’ latest show tackles the traumas and travails of an exiled Cuban and the family he returns to in “Exilios.”      Directed by Danny Nieves and written by Yerandy Fleites Pérez, the show is performed in Spanish.       It takes place in present day Cuba and tells the story of Evaristo, a gay man who was forced to leave the country during the...

     The Hertz family of Pembroke Pines --  Joshua Hertz; daughter Abbey; wife Ana Hertz; daughter Emmy and son Zachary -- traveled to Hawai’i this summer to celebrate Joshua Hertz’s 50th birthday.       The family’s itinerary included a visit to Pearl Harbor on the island of Oah’u on July 18. It is the site of Japan’s surprise attack on the military base on December 7,...

     A committee may consider whether to rename Miami Lakes Educational Center in honor of retired Miami-Dade County School Board Chair Perla Tabares Hantman.      A community meeting held July 27 at the school drew 17 people who spoke for and against the renaming proposal.      Miami Lakes Educational Center social studies teacher John Moffi wants to keep the school’s name as is, but...

     Karen Mathews says the 6-iron is not an easy club to hit. It might be her favorite club now.      The 60-year-old associate professor of art and art history at the University of Miami used her 6-iron to make a hole-in-one on the 17th hole at Miami Lakes Golf Club on July 17. It was the first ace of her career.      “I never thought that this would happen,” Mathews said....

 The Miami-Dade County Library branch in Miami Lakes is offering these in-person classes.  Space in classes is limited and registration may be required.    Paint Your Own Suncatcher   Wed., Aug. 2,  4 p.m. – 5 p.m. Create a suncatcher to capture rays of light and cast an array of colors across a room. Materials provided, registration required.  Ages 8 - 18 Homework Help and...